· To memorialize the 6000K+ Americans who were
violently murdered because of their race.
· To recognize and support the families whose loved ones were brutally tortured to death.
· To uncover the systemic injustice within local and federal governments that instituted laws based on White supremacy and which led to murder, bodily harm, and emotional trauma of Black people.
· To draw parallels between Black enslavement and lynching to current day mass incarceration and police brutality which in every respect has weakened the Black community.
· To highlight the strength and determination of Black
people in the face of unspeakable horrors.
· To celebrate the many forms of creativity that sprung
from pain and suffering and which continue to provide a “Balm in Gilead” for current times.
· To emphasize the spirituality that emanates from a
system of profound injustices developed to destroy the Black body, mind, and soul.
· To resist efforts to erase or gloss over historical truths concerning the interactions between Black and White people in this country.
· To understand how complicit we are in promoting untruths regarding race in America and to recognize that attempts to derail, redefine, or ignore the historical truths contribute to ongoing racial unrest.
· To allow yourself to be transformed by the Spirit so
that you can promote “malkuta,” the enrichment and empowering of all communities.
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